I took James’ advice and saw Avatar on the biggest screen I could find, so naturally, I went to the IMAX in Greenwich.

Yes, Avatar is a nice film, very vivid and colourful and it is a really well made sci-fi with nifty 3D. Although, if it wasn’t for the 3D stuff, I don’t think it would stand up that next to the best the genre has to offer, which is where it seems to have found itself.

But before the film had even started my excitement about seeing Avatar was swiftly snatched away and directed immediately towards one of the trailers.

The film I am talking about is, as you would expect, in 3D. Its title? IMAX Hubble 3D. Now, I am reasonably certain that my childhood dream of becoming an astronaut is not going to materialise, hence why I am now trying my hand at journalism. I am also pretty sure that I won’t be on one of those Virgin Galactic flights at any point either. So this idea has pretty much made my head explode with excitement.

In a nut shell, the Hubble Telescope is constantly being adjusted and repaired (it even has glasses). So what the clever people IMAX and NASA did, was take an IMAX 3D camera up on one of their missions and film the whole thing. And if the effects in the trailer are anything at all to go by (and they are usually a pretty good indication), this is going to be one fascinating bit of cinema.